14th Annual Fringe Festival BOSTON – Paul and Jane Bowles: Two Stars in the Desert
MAPAS DE AGUA Y ARENA, EN BOSTON
Paul and Jane Bowles: Two Stars in the DesertOctober 7-30, 2010
This year’s Fringe Festival celebrates the centennial of versatile American novelist/writer/composer Paul Bowles, and the long and unique relationship with his equally celebrated wife Jane Bowles–two artists in their own rights, with inseparable creative spirits.
Featuring the BU Schools of Music and Theatre, with the BU Opera InstituteDocumentaries and Panel Discussions:
Saturday, October 23, 6:00pm
Saturday, October 30, 5:00pm
Mapas de Agua y Arena
(Traces of Sand and Water: The Lives of Jane and Paul Bowles) by Javier Martin.
This rarely seen Spanish documentary is the only one in existence specifically about both Paul and Jane Bowles. Martin captures the lives of this Bohemian couple, equally talented, but whose lives took vastly different paths. Screening will be in the downstairs lobby at the BU Theatre, 264 Huntington Avenue, Boston. Running time: one hour.
Boston University College of Fine Arts presents
BU School of Music and School of Theatre with the BU Opera Institute in the
14th Annual Fringe Festival
Paul and Jane Bowles: Two Stars in the Desert
October 7-30, 2010
Boston, MA – The Boston University College of Fine Arts’ 14th Annual Fringe Festival will celebrate the work of Paul and Jane Bowles, in honor of Paul Bowles’ 100th birthday. The festival runs October 7-30 and will feature In the Summer House, a play by Jane Bowles; Yerma, an unpublished opera by Paul Bowles after the play by Lorca; Art Song Meets Theatre, a recital of Bowles songs staged as scenes; and the Bowles Centennial Celebration, which will feature chamber music performances and theatrical readings to conclude the festival on October 30.
This is a rare opportunity to experience the rich and vast creative output of writer and composer Paul Bowles, and his extraordinarily talented wife and life-long friend Jane Bowles. Bowles expert and BU Opera Institute faculty member Allison Voth explains, “Although Paul wrote from a very young age, he was first and foremost a composer in his young years. Already well-established as a composer, it was Jane who inspired him to write his first novel. In contrast to his light and charming compositional style, Paul turned to writing dark and disturbing prose told from a distance.” She continues, “As Paul became an artist with two creative minds, Jane’s desire to write forged on, despite writer’s block and an early stroke. Jane’s writing was relentlessly up close and personal, and came straight from the heart – a heart that knew laughter and untold pain.”
A celebration of unconventional opera and theatre repertoire, the Boston University Fringe Festival brings together artists and audiences for a unique performance experience. Sharon Daniels, Director of Opera Programs at Boston University, founded the BU Fringe Festival with the goal of cultivating a broader audience for opera. By presenting operas with minimal sets and costumes, bringing artists and audience members together in an intimate performance space, and setting affordable ticket prices, the Fringe Festival has been a highlight of the Boston arts scene since its early days; when the School of Theatre began presenting plays under the Fringe umbrella in 2003, the Festival began attracting ever-larger and frequently sold-out audiences.
FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
In the Summer House
Playwright Jane Bowles paints the portraits of two starkly different mothers in this uniquely perceptive dramatic work. Directed by Ellie Heyman.
Tickets: $7, General Admission. BU community: One free ticket with BU ID at the door, day of performance, subject to availability. Box Office: www.BostonTheatreScene.com or 617.933.8600.
Venue: Boston University Theatre, Lane-Comley Studio 210
(264 Huntington Avenue, Boston. T Green Line, E line, Symphony stop; T Orange Line, Mass Ave stop)
Yerma
An opera based on the play by Federico Garcia Lorca
Music, libretto, and translation by Paul Bowles
Allison Voth, music director
David Gately, guest stage director
Composer Bowles stages the tragic story of a Spanish woman victimized by societal pressure to bear a child.
Tickets: $7, General Admission. BU community: One free ticket with BU ID at the door, day of performance, subject to availability. Box Office: www.BostonTheatreScene.com or 617.933.8600.
Venue: Boston University Theatre, Lane-Comley Studio 210
(264 Huntington Avenue, Boston. T Green Line, E line, Symphony stop; T Orange Line, Mass Ave stop)
Art Song Meets Theatre
Sunday, October 24, 2:00pm
The songs of Paul Bowles are lifted out of the traditional recital format and brought to the stage as dramatic realizations.
Tickets: Free and open to the public. Call 617.353.5201 for information.
Venue: Boston University Theatre, Lane-Comley Studio 210
Bowles Centennial Celebration
Saturday, October 30, 8:00pm
Chamber music, songs, solo works, and dramatic readings of works by Paul and Jane Bowles, performed by faculty and students on the main stage of the BU Theatre. Allison Voth, Jim Petosa, artistic directors.
Tickets: Free and open to the public. Call 617.933.8600 for information.
Venue: Boston University Theatre, Mainstage
(264 Huntington Avenue, Boston. T Green Line, E line, Symphony stop; T Orange Line, Mass Ave stop)
Documentaries and Panel Discussions
Night Waltz, an award winning documentary on Bowles’s music;
Mapas de Agua y Arena (Traces of Sand and Water: The Lives of Jane and Paul Bowles), by Javier Martín Domínguez;
panel discussions and talk backs will be held with certain performances of In the Summer House, Yerma, and the Centennial Celebration, with BU Theater and Opera faculty, student artists, and guest specialists including heir to the Paul Bowles estate, Irene Herrmann.
Visit www.bu.edu/cfa/fringe for schedules.
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